Week of 5-23 – Spring spelling words: spring, vacation, adventure, sightseeing, tourist, beach, traveling, swimming, breeze, umbrella, blossom, gardening, rainbow, recycle, and converse
Week of 5-16 - Spelling words: words to persuade – please, allow, persuade, convince, agree, reason, prove, instead, another, opportunity, really, appreciate, promise, encourage, think
We will be reading the selection Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip. Students will be tested at the end of the selection. Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip Vocabulary bustling – full of activity; busy custom – a tradition; a way of doing something that many people follow foreigners – people who come from another country or place passport – a government document that allows a person to travel in foreign countries. sightseeing – visiting interesting places;touring skyscrapers – very tall buildings vendor – someone who sells something week of 5-2: This week students will be working on Response to Literature. The spelling words for the week are adverbs. Common words: carefully, loudly, safely, slowly, quickly, A List: exactly, narrowly, rapidly, perfectly, intently, actually, patiently, brilliantly, accidentally, marvelously, B List: bravely, neatly, lovely, hardly, quietly, joyfully, angrily, friendly, finally, terribly
week of 4-26 This week students will be reading Two Days in May. They will be tested at the end of the selection. The spelling pattern this week is Double Vowels - there is only one list this week.
Vocabulary for Two Days in May- appreciate - to enjoy and understand grazing - eating growing plants population - relating to the number of people or animals living in a certain place starve - to suffer or die from not having enough food surrounding - on all sides of territory - an area of land wander - to move from place to place without reason **Cereal Box book reports are due this week. Last day to turn in is Friay, April 29th.
week of 4-18 This week students will be reading Nights of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan. They will be tested at the end of the selection. Spelling resumes this week with Double consonants. Common Words: happen, beginning, excellent, arrive, collect, A List: unless connection, different, possible, puzzle, tomorrow, difference, narrator, happiest, effect, B List: really, million, effort, dollar, correct, matter, puppet, coffee, office, grill See agenda for exact homework assingnment. Nights of the Pufflings Vocabulary: ashore - on or to the shore (from the water) burrows - holes or tunnels dug in the ground by small animals instinctively - acting on an inner feeling, doing without thinking launching - throwing; sending forcefully upward stranded - left in a helpless or difficult position uninhabited - having no people living there venture - to set out to do something though it might be dangerous
week of 4-11-11 There will be no spelling words or vocabulary this week due to FCAT testing. Homework will be to work on the Cereal Box Book Report. See the Documents page and Cereal Box Report page for more information. Your child will bring home an informational sheet as well as a grading rubric for the report. Cereal Boxes are due April 29th.
week of 4-4-11 No Spelling this week This is our last week of FCAT vocabulary words. We will be reviewing different terms associated with fiction and nonfiction text, as well as referencing terms. FCAT testing begins April 11th.
Fiction
Characters
Setting
Problems
Events
Written to Entertain
Non Fiction
facts and information
captions, maps, real photos
explains
real photos
written to inform or explain
Autobiography
True story someone writes about their life
Author uses words such as I, me, we, my, mine, or our
May include a timeline
Biography
True story about a person’s life
Author uses words like he, she, him, her, or they
May include a timeline
Poetry
Tells ideas in a special way using rhyme or word patterns
Uses similes or metaphors to make comparisons
Drama
Play
May include Setting
Narrator keeps story moving along
Reference Words 1. Atlas – book of maps 2. Dictionary – check spelling or meaning of a word 3. Encyclopedia – look for information about a topic 4. Newspaper – look for current events
Folktale / Legend
Story retold many times
Different versions of story, but all have common theme
Used to teach a lesson
Things usually happen in threes (3 little pigs, 3 bears)
week of 3-21-11 No Spelling this week
For the next two weeks, we will be using vocabulary words that might be found on the FCAT. Please help your child learn the definitions for each word. We’ll test at the end of each week. Students will need to be able to match the word with its definition.
Distinguish or Contrast – to tell the difference between two or more things Conclusion – result or outcome Recognize – pay attention to or notice Interpreting – to explain or tell the meaning of Sequence – the order of things Composition – a piece of writing Recall – to remember Author’s Purpose – tell reason why an author wrote something Compare – tell how things are alike or similar
week of 3-14-11 No Spelling this week.
For the next three weeks, we will be using vocabulary words that might be found on the FCAT. Please help your child learn the definitions for each word. We’ll test at the end of each week. Students will need to be able to match the word with its definition.
Inform – to make known Explain – to give a reason Section or Passage – a portion or part of something written Final – being the last in a series Paragraph – written composition that consists of sentences relating to one point Details – to describe something Provided – given or make available Resolved – to solve or find an answer Conflict – a fight or problem
week of 3-7-11Spelling words for the week are the days of the week and months of the year; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January, February, March, April, July, August, September, October, November, December We will begin Poetry this week. Poetry test will be given after poetry section is completed. Vocabulary (Poetry) Similes: comparing two unlike things using like or as. Metaphor: comparing two unlike things without using like or as Alliteration: words that begin with the same sound Personification: making things like a person Idiom: a group of words that when used together have a special meaning
Week of 5-23 – Spring spelling words: spring, vacation, adventure, sightseeing, tourist, beach, traveling, swimming, breeze, umbrella, blossom, gardening, rainbow, recycle, and converse
Week of 5-16 - Spelling words: words to persuade – please, allow, persuade, convince, agree, reason, prove, instead, another, opportunity, really, appreciate, promise, encourage, think
We will be reading the selection Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip. Students will be tested at the end of the selection.
Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip Vocabulary
bustling – full of activity; busy custom – a tradition; a way of doing something that many people follow foreigners – people who come from another country or place passport – a government document that allows a person to travel in foreign countries. sightseeing – visiting interesting places;touring skyscrapers – very tall buildings
vendor – someone who sells something
week of 5-2: This week students will be working on Response to Literature. The spelling words for the week are adverbs. Common words: carefully, loudly, safely, slowly, quickly, A List: exactly, narrowly, rapidly, perfectly, intently, actually, patiently, brilliantly, accidentally, marvelously, B List: bravely, neatly, lovely, hardly, quietly, joyfully, angrily, friendly, finally, terribly
week of 4-26 This week students will be reading Two Days in May. They will be tested at the end of the selection. The spelling pattern this week is Double Vowels - there is only one list this week.
Spelling – quiet, journey, violin, movie, museum, theater, trail, ideas, bought, language, steal, young, daily, reach, teacher
Vocabulary for Two Days in May-
appreciate - to enjoy and understand
grazing - eating growing plants
population - relating to the number of people or animals living in a certain place
starve - to suffer or die from not having enough food
surrounding - on all sides of
territory - an area of land
wander - to move from place to place without reason
**Cereal Box book reports are due this week. Last day to turn in is Friay, April 29th.
week of 4-18 This week students will be reading Nights of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan. They will be tested at the end of the selection. Spelling resumes this week with Double consonants. Common Words: happen, beginning, excellent, arrive, collect, A List: unless connection, different, possible, puzzle, tomorrow, difference, narrator, happiest, effect, B List: really, million, effort, dollar, correct, matter, puppet, coffee, office, grill
See agenda for exact homework assingnment.
Nights of the Pufflings Vocabulary:
ashore - on or to the shore (from the water)
burrows - holes or tunnels dug in the ground by small animals
instinctively - acting on an inner feeling, doing without thinking
launching - throwing; sending forcefully upward
stranded - left in a helpless or difficult position
uninhabited - having no people living there
venture - to set out to do something though it might be dangerous
week of 4-11-11 There will be no spelling words or vocabulary this week due to FCAT testing. Homework will be to work on the Cereal Box Book Report. See the Documents page and Cereal Box Report page for more information. Your child will bring home an informational sheet as well as a grading rubric for the report. Cereal Boxes are due April 29th.
week of 4-4-11 No Spelling this week
This is our last week of FCAT vocabulary words. We will be reviewing different terms associated with fiction and nonfiction text, as well as referencing terms. FCAT testing begins April 11th.
1. Atlas – book of maps
2. Dictionary – check spelling or meaning of a word
3. Encyclopedia – look for information about a topic
4. Newspaper – look for current events
week of 3-21-11 No Spelling this week
For the next two weeks, we will be using vocabulary words that might be found on the FCAT. Please help your child learn the definitions for each word. We’ll test at the end of each week. Students will need to be able to match the word with its definition.
Distinguish or Contrast – to tell the difference between two or more things
Conclusion – result or outcome
Recognize – pay attention to or notice
Interpreting – to explain or tell the meaning of
Sequence – the order of things
Composition – a piece of writing
Recall – to remember
Author’s Purpose – tell reason why an author wrote something
Compare – tell how things are alike or similar
week of 3-14-11 No Spelling this week.
For the next three weeks, we will be using vocabulary words that might be found on the FCAT. Please help your child learn the definitions for each word. We’ll test at the end of each week. Students will need to be able to match the word with its definition.
Inform – to make known
Explain – to give a reason
Section or Passage – a portion or part of something written
Final – being the last in a series
Paragraph – written composition that consists of sentences relating to one point
Details – to describe something
Provided – given or make available
Resolved – to solve or find an answer
Conflict – a fight or problem
week of 3-7-11 Spelling words for the week are the days of the week and months of the year; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January, February, March, April, July, August, September, October, November, December
We will begin Poetry this week. Poetry test will be given after poetry section is completed.
Vocabulary (Poetry)
Similes: comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Metaphor: comparing two unlike things without using like or as
Alliteration: words that begin with the same sound
Personification: making things like a person
Idiom: a group of words that when used together have a special meaning
Writing: students will begin Procedural Writing